Best of Abraham Lincoln

Best of Abraham Lincoln

TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Fabienne FAUR, U

THOMAS CHENG

STORY by Fabienne FAUR, US-HISTORY-ARCHIVES-POLITICS
Tourists look at the information of the building (background) located at 604 H Street, on June 6, 2012, connected to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, five blocks from this site in Washington,DC. During the Civil War, this modest brick house was occupied by a Maryland-born widow, Mary Surratt, who was arrested, tried, and hanged with three others connected the assassination plot. A report by the first doctor to attend to Lincoln, Dr. Charles Leale, lost for the past 147 years, was discovered in late May 2012 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, according to US media reports. Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14, 1865 by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth during a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/THOMAS CHENG

STORY by Fabienne FAUR, US-HISTORY-ARCHIVES-POLITICS
Tourists look at the information of the building (background) located at 604 H Street, on June 6, 2012, connected to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, five blocks from this site in Washington,DC. During the Civil War, this modest brick house was occupied by a Maryland-born widow, Mary Surratt, who was arrested, tried, and hanged with three others connected the assassination plot. A report by the first doctor to attend to Lincoln, Dr. Charles Leale, lost for the past 147 years, was discovered in late May 2012 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, according to US media reports. Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14, 1865 by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth during a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/THOMAS CHENG

Lincoln''s Use of Mercury Pills For Depression

Getty Images

A photographic portrait is displayed showing Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Retired physician and medical historian, Norbert Hirschhorn wrote a study that suggests Lincoln''s use of a medication in the form of a blue pill for depression contained enough mercury to cause uncontrollable bouts of anger in the President and could have eventually killed him had he not stopped taking the pills.

A photographic portrait is displayed showing Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. Retired physician and medical historian, Norbert Hirschhorn wrote a study that suggests Lincoln''s use of a medication in the form of a blue pill for depression contained enough mercury to cause uncontrollable bouts of anger in the President and could have eventually killed him had he not stopped taking the pills.

Abraham Lincoln Portrait

Alexander Gardner

Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), the sixteenth President of the United States, dressed in a suit and bow tie, April 9, 1865. Five days after this portrait was taken President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater.

Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), the sixteenth President of the United States, dressed in a suit and bow tie, April 9, 1865. Five days after this portrait was taken President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States of America 1861-1865. Assassinated at Ford's Theatre, Washington by actor and Confederate spy John Wilkes Booth, 15 April 1865. Half-length portrait. Chromolithograph c1877.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States of America 1861-1865. Assassinated at Ford's Theatre, Washington by actor and Confederate spy John Wilkes Booth, 15 April 1865. Half-length portrait. Chromolithograph c1877.

The Nation's Martyr

Archive Photos

Assassinated American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), 'The Nation's Martyr', 1865. Underneath his portrait are the words of a speech he gave at Independence Hall, Philadelphia on 22nd February 1861 - 'But, if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle?I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it.'

Assassinated American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), 'The Nation's Martyr', 1865. Underneath his portrait are the words of a speech he gave at Independence Hall, Philadelphia on 22nd February 1861 - 'But, if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle?I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it.'

Keywords

TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Fabienne FAUR, US-HISTORY-ARCHIVES-POLITICS... News PhotoAbraham Lincoln,Assassination,Assassination of Abraham Lincoln,Connection,Geographical Locations,Horizontal,Human Sciences,Science and Technology,USA,Washington DCPhotographer THOMAS CHENGCollection: AFP 2012 AFPTO GO WITH AFP STORY by Fabienne FAUR, US-HISTORY-ARCHIVES-POLITICS
Tourists look at the information of the building (background) located at 604 H Street, on June 6, 2012, connected to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, five blocks from this site in Washington,DC. During the Civil War, this modest brick house was occupied by a Maryland-born widow, Mary Surratt, who was arrested, tried, and hanged with three others connected the assassination plot. A report by the first doctor to attend to Lincoln, Dr. Charles Leale, lost for the past 147 years, was discovered in late May 2012 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, according to US media reports. Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14, 1865 by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth during a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/THOMAS CHENG (Photo credit should read THOMAS CHENG/AFP/GettyImages)